Volume 175 Issue 4

Editorials

• Adult living donor liver transplantation: another Pandora's box? Geoffrey W McCaughan, Stephen V Lynch (MJA 2001; 175: 179-180)
• Clinical classification systems for evaluating Indigenous perinatal and infant deaths David I Tudehope, Vicki Flenady (MJA 2001; 175: 181-182)
• Connexin 26 mutations: the first practical genetic marker of inherited hearing loss Christopher F Perry (MJA 2001; 175: 182-183)
• Professional development and ethics for today's and tomorrow's doctors Kerry J Breen (MJA 2001; 175: 183-184)

Research

• Perinatal and postneonatal mortality among Indigenous and non-Indigenous infants born in Western Australia, 1980-1998 Louisa M Alessandri, Helen M Chambers, Eve M Blair, Anne W Read (MJA 2001; 175: 185-189)
• Prevalence and nature of connexin 26 mutations in children with non-syndromic deafness Hans-Henrik M Dahl, Kerryn Saunders, Therese M Kelly, Amelia H Osborn, Stephen Wilcox, Barbara Cone-Wesson, Julia L Wunderlich, Desiree Du Sart, Maria Kamarinos, Robert J McKinlay Gardner, Shirley Dennehy, Robert Williamson, Neil Vallance, Patricia Mutton (MJA 2001; 175: 191-194)
• Effect of dietary restriction on participation in faecal occult blood test screening for colorectal cancer Stephen R Cole, Graeme P Young (MJA 2001; 175: 195-198)

Medicine and the Community

• The physical, sexual and emotional violence history of middle-aged women: a community-based prevalence study Danielle Mazza, Lorraine Dennerstein, Corrine V Garamszegi, Emma C Dudley (MJA 2001; 175: 199-201)

Notable Cases

• Adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation for fulminant hepatic failure Anthony K House, Gary P Jeffrey, Katherine A Edyvane, Andrew P Barker, Martin D Chapman, George Garas, John Ferguson, Peter V van Heerden, Neville M Gibbs, Dugal I Heath, Andrew W Mitchell (MJA 2001; 175: 202-204)

Position Statement

• An ethics core curriculum for Australasian medical schools A Working Group, on behalf of the Association of Teachers of Ethics and Law in Australian and New Zealand Medical Schools (ATEAM) (MJA 2001; 175: 205-210)

Clinical Ethics

• Is there a future for clinical ethics services in Australia? Ian H Kerridge, Julian Savulescu, Paul A Komesaroff (MJA 2001; 175: 211-213)

Viewpoint

• COX-2 inhibition and thrombotic tendency: a need for surveillance Leslie G Cleland, Michael J James, Lisa K Stamp, Peter S Penglis (MJA 2001; 175: 214-217)

The Profession

• Medical practice: still a higher calling Michael Kirby (MJA 2001; 175: 218)
• Hospitalised patients' views on doctors and white coats Ben R Gooden, Michaella J Smith, Stephen J N Tattersall, Martin R Stockler (MJA 2001; 175: 219-222)

Lessons from Practice

• Complementary medicine and vitamin A toxicity in children David Coghlan, Noel E Cranswick (MJA 2001; 175: 223-224)